Performance Pay for Teachers: The Views and Experiences of Heads and Teachers

ISBN-13: 9780415324175 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 208 str.

E. C. Wragg; G. S. Haynes; R. P. Chamberlain

Opis

The first widespread incentive pay scheme was initiated in UK schools in 2000. This book is the result of monitoring the whole process from its inception. The authors visited schools, observed lessons and solicited the views and experiences of a large sample of teachers and headteachers and what they found out is presented in this accessible book. They include the views of teachers who were successful in crossing the threshold, those who weren't and those who chose not to apply, and headteachers who had to make the decisions. The text focuses on the following: headteachers' experiences of training; the outcomes in their own school; their relationship with external assessors; their hopes and fears for the future; their assessment of the influence on classroom practice; what did teachers change and not change in their teaching as a result of performance management; and what means they employed to further their own professional development.

Recenzje

Times Educational Supplement Book of the Week:
'this survey, sharply focused on the realities of schools and teaching and rich with glimpses of good (and occasionally spectacularly bad) practice, is much more than merely interesting reading. It's comprehensive, balanced and persuasive: a significant contribution to an important, indeed urgent, debate.' - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement

'The book provides an extremely rich source of information on the views of teachers and headteachers toward performance related pay ... [it] is both an accessible and interesting read that will be informative for both teachers and policy makers.' - NUT Education Review

Spis treści

Part 1 Performance-related pay; Chapter 1 Performance-related pay; Chapter 2 Research and practice; Part 2 Threshold assessment; Chapter 3 Crossing the threshold; Chapter 4 Success and failure; Chapter 5 Agents and agencies; Part 3 Performance management; Chapter 6 Performance management in schools; Chapter 7 Being managed; Chapter 8 Performance-related pay in action; Chapter 9 Paying for performance;

O autorze

Ted Wragg is Emeritus Professor of Education at the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, Exeter University, where Gill Haynes and Caroline Wragg are Lecturers, and Rosemary Chamberlin is a Research Fellow.